Life in Danger
Date: 1959
Director: Terry Bishop
Production Company: Jack Parsons Productions
Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Julie Hopkins, Howard Marion-Crawford, Victor Brooks
Location(s): Hertfordshire, Middlesex
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
The inhabitants of a small village try to catch a vagrant who they suspect to be an escaped mental patient.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill.
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- Capture 1
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The sirens are tested at the film's Parkways institution near the fictional village of Charingwell in Kent. The chimney arrangement and tower identify the building as Bushey Hall, Oxhey Lane, Hertfordshire, which was in the process of being demolished at the time of filming. (SR)
- Capture 2
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From out of the bushes, a Man (Derren Nesbitt) approaches a bus stop where a Woman (Celia Hewitt) is waiting.
- Capture 3
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When the siren sounds at Parkways, Children stop their games in fear.
- Capture 4
- 30 Jan 2023
A Man looks up as he rolls a cigarette. James Russell identifies the background property as the Goat Inn at the corner of Upper Halliford Road and Charlton Road in Shepperton, Middlesex.
Returning to the scene 64 years on, Antony Blair took this comparison.
- Capture 5
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Police patrol the village looking for Miller, an escapee from Parkways. Looking onto Upper Halliford Road from the garden of number 29 located by James Russell.
- Capture 6
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A Mother hurries her Child into the house. James Russell explains that here we're facing north on Upper Halliford Road, Shepperton and there's a T21 Police Call Box just along the road.
- Capture 7
- 30 Jan 2023
The police car moves off to continue the search. The terrace of numbers 29 to 35 Upper Halliford Road, Shepperton with the Goat Inn in the background, found by James Russell.
Antony Blair had a lovely chat with the gentleman living at number 29 as he captured the view from his front yard.
- Capture 8
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Dr. Nichols (Peter Swanwick) arrives from Parkways when the Villagers believe they have cornered Miller in a barn.